Even if your crew has taken all the necessary precautions in paying out cable and handling the reels, a cable pull can still go sour if you damage the cable's outer insulation during the process.

I am about to undertake a massive home networking project where I wire a house for a buddy that is still under construction (it's barely framed, and now is the PERFECT time to make all the runs).<P>I ...

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From my fiber box (ISP installed) to my switch is about 20m cat5e installed by the previous owner. It goes through an old stable, and is just hanging across the beams. For a while the switch has been ...